| Sebaggala misses Canada meeting |
| Monday, 12th June, 2006 |
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By Vision Reporters
KAMPALA Mayor Nasser Sebaggala is to miss
next weeks World Urban Forum 3 (WUF3) in Vancouver, Canada.
Sebaggalas predecessor, John Ssebaana Kizito, will attend,
although not as the leader of the Kampala City Council (KCC) delegation to
the conference that opens on Monday.
In 1998, during a visit to
the US to attend a garbage management conference, Sebaggala was arrested,
tried and sentenced to jail for bank fraud. Water and Environment minister
Maria Mutagamba is listed on the WUF3 website among experts scheduled to
address the gathering. State ministers Michael Werikhe (housing) and Urban
Tibamanya (for urban development) and town clerk James Sseggane will
attend.
Richard Kabuuka, the city planner and co-ordinator of the
conference, said Sebaggala took office after the delegates had been
approved.
This is the second international meeting Sebaggala is
missing, after he failed to attend the May 27-31 city mayors conference
in Sweden, reportedly because he had an appointment with President
Museveni to discuss city plans.
Sebaggala was represented in
Sweden by deputy mayor Florence Namayanja, city finance director Prose
Ssebina and welfare officer Dan Mujukizi.
The Vancouver forum,
organised by the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT),
will discuss challenges of global urbanisation. Delegates are also
scheduled to tour the showcase Greater Vancouver District, where energy is
generated from garbage and sewage treated.
The Canadian
International Development Research Centre funds two projects in Kampala,
expected to benefit from the networking at WUF3.
They are the
three-year old Kyanja Edible Environment Project and the Kasubi-Kawaala
project to be launched in August. Ssebaana Kizito was mayor when the
projects were conceived.
He ceased to be mayor in May, after
unsuccessfully running for the presidency.
Ssebana Kizito said
IDRC insisted on his going and had invited him in a personal capacity.
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